Do I qualify?

Within age to contract legally, must be 18 years or older You must possess a clear credit record The finance must be used to build or alter a residential property The building loan is only available to Individual or joint income must be a minimum of R25000, and the property purchase price must be a minimum of R600 000 Individual or joint income must be a minimum of...

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I once working

I once worked in a Merchandising department for a large retailer, but what I really wanted was a promotion to the Buying Office. So I watched and waited, literally years, for an opportunity to come up in the Buying Office. Eventually a position for a trainee Buyer was advertised and I, along with many others, applied for it. I got the position, and the head of the Buying...

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Debt Issue

A fixed corporate or government obligation, such as a bond or debenture. A debt issue is a financial obligation that allows the issuer to raise funds by promising to repay the lender at a certain point in the future and in accordance with the terms of the contract.  Debt issues include notes, bonds, certificates, mortgages, leases or other agreements between the issuer (the borrower)...

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Debt Issue

DEFINITION of 'Debt Issue' A fixed corporate or government obligation, such as a bond or debenture. A debt issue is a financial obligation that allows the issuer to raise funds by promising to repay the lender at a certain point in the future and in accordance with the terms of the contract. Debt issues include notes, bonds, certificates, mortgages, leases or other agreements between the issuer (the...

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Income

The Income Balance records financial flows stemming from transactions (receipts and payments) between residents and non-residents related to income from Labor, Direct Investment, Portfolio Investment and Other Investment (loans and deposits). Moreover, according to the new methodology based on the 6th edition of the IMF Balance of payments Manual, it comprises flows between the...

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Is it right for you?

Debt consolidation. Debt consolidation loans aren't right for everyone. It's important to check all of the other options available and make sure you're making the right choice. While consolidating debt often sounds like a promising solution, this could make your situation worse. Download our debt consolidation guide, or browse through the guide using the navigation on the left hand side. What...

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debt

1. A debt ratio used to measure a company's financial leverage, calculated by dividing a company’s total liabilities by its stockholders' equity. The D/E ratio indicates how much debt a company is using to finance its assets relative to the amount of value represented in shareholders’ equity. The formula for calculating D/E ratios can be represented in the following way: The...

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Big Anal Finance

Estate planning involves planning for the disposition of one's assets after death. Typiccally, there is a tax due to the state or federal government at one's death. Avoiding these taxes means that more of one's assets will be distributed to one's heirs. One can leave one's assets to family, friends or charitable groups. Corporate finance[edit] Main article: Cor Corporate...

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The Fallacy of Euro-Area Discipline

Throughout the Greek crisis, policymakers have acted on the assumption that Greece’s best chance at sustainable growth is through the conditionality and discipline of an IMF-EU adjustment program. Already, the desire to stay in the eurozone and receive the promised rescue package of at least €86 billion has led to significant legislative measures, and the ESM and IMF programs under negotiation will...

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Public Finance

This was originally posted by my colleague John Campbell on his Africa in Transition blog. John was formerly U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria and is currently the Ralph Bunche senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. The Natural Resource Governance Institute, a New York-based think tank and advocacy organization, has issued a must-read report, Inside NNPC Oil Sales: A Case...

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